HUGO WILSON
works pressHugo Wilson is one of the UK’s most promising young artists. He came to international attention in 2010 at the Busan Biennale and he is now showing both in ProjectB Gallery, Milan and in a group show at Parafin, London. Upcoming shows include Los Angeles and Mumbai, and he is working on large-scale site-specific projects.
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1982
Born in London where lives and works2000–04
Apprenticeship, Charles H. Cecil Studios, Florence 2008
M.A. Painting, The City & Guilds of London Art School,
London
SELECTED SOLO SHOWS2018Panacea, ProjectB Gallery, Milan
2017Thierleben, Galerie Judin, Berlin
2016Rape of Europa, Parafin Gallery, London
2015Parafin Gallery, London
2014Principia Discordia, ProjectB Gallery, Milan
2012Ideal Hauntology , Nicodim , Los Angeles
2010Ad Pondus Omnium, ProjectB Gallery, Milan
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2017The Hierpophant, Nicodim, Bucharest
2015The Nude in the XX & XXI Century, Sotheby's S|2, LondonAlles Was ich mag, fast, Schau Fenster, BerlinDe Pictura: A Dialogue About Painting - Keith Tyson & Hugo Wilson, ProjectB Gallery, Milan
2014Play Things, New York Public Library,Stephen
Schwarzman Building, Print Gallery, Stokes GalleryOut of Our Heads, Shoreditch Town Hall, London
2013Between the lLines, All Visual Arts, LondonBeastly Hall, Hall Place & Gardens, KentNear Narratives: Hugo Wilson & Eric van Hove, SternArts, London
2012 A century of art, works from the collection, New York
public library Nightfall (curated by Jane Neal), Modem Museum,
Hungary
2011HOUSE OF BEASTS, Attingham Park, Shrewsbury
2010Busan Biennale, Busan Metropolitan Art Museum, South
KoreaVanitas, All Visual Arts, LondonEast Wing Nine Collection, Courtauld Institute of
Art, London
2009Age of the Marvellous, All Visual Arts, LondonTerra Nihilius, Maddox Gallery, LondonTop Emerging Artists, Flora Fairbairn Projects, Selfridges, LondonUp and Coming Print Makers, Curwen and New Academy, London
2005BP Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, London
PUBLICATIONS
2017Hugo Wilson: Thierleben, Edited by JUerg Judin and Pay Matthis Karstens, Exhibition catalogue Galerie Judin
2015Hugo Wilson, Exhibition catalogue Parafin
SELECTED COLLECTIONSDeutsche Bank Collection, LondonNew York Public Library, New YorkThe Library of Congress Collection, Washington DCOlbricht Collection, BerlinSammlung Scharff, FrankfurtCollection Janet de Botton, LondonCollection Robert Devereux
SELECTED SOLO SHOWS
2018
Panacea, ProjectB Gallery, Milan
2017
Thierleben, Galerie Judin, Berlin
2016
Rape of Europa, Parafin Gallery, London
2015
Parafin Gallery, London
2014
Principia Discordia, ProjectB Gallery, Milan
2012
Ideal Hauntology , Nicodim , Los Angeles
2010
Ad Pondus Omnium, ProjectB Gallery, Milan
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2017
The Hierpophant, Nicodim, Bucharest
2015
The Nude in the XX & XXI Century, Sotheby's S|2, London
Alles Was ich mag, fast, Schau Fenster, Berlin
De Pictura: A Dialogue About Painting - Keith Tyson & Hugo Wilson, ProjectB Gallery, Milan
2014
Play Things, New York Public Library,Stephen
Schwarzman Building, Print Gallery, Stokes Gallery
Out of Our Heads, Shoreditch Town Hall, London
2013
Between the lLines, All Visual Arts, London
Beastly Hall, Hall Place & Gardens, Kent
Near Narratives: Hugo Wilson & Eric van Hove, SternArts, London
2012
A century of art, works from the collection, New York
public library
Nightfall (curated by Jane Neal), Modem Museum,
Hungary
2011
HOUSE OF BEASTS, Attingham Park, Shrewsbury
2010
Busan Biennale, Busan Metropolitan Art Museum, South
Korea
Vanitas, All Visual Arts, London
East Wing Nine Collection, Courtauld Institute of
Art, London
2009
Age of the Marvellous, All Visual Arts, London
Terra Nihilius, Maddox Gallery, London
Top Emerging Artists, Flora Fairbairn Projects, Selfridges, London
Up and Coming Print Makers, Curwen and New Academy, London
2005
BP Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, London
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